Agriculture Appeals Act 2001
Right of appeal.
7.—(1) Where a person is dissatisfied with a decision given by an officer of the Minister in respect of that person's entitlement under any of the schemes set out in F7[Schedule 1], the decision shall, on notice of appeal being given to the Director, within the prescribed time and in the prescribed form, be referred to an appeals officer.
(2) Regulations may provide for the procedure to be followed on appeals under this Act.
(3) An appeals officer, when deciding a question referred under subsection (1), shall not be confined to the grounds on which the decision of the deciding officer was based, but may decide the question as if it were being decided for the first time.
(4) An appeals officer shall determine an appeal, as soon as is practicable, having regard to any guidelines issued or regulations made in this regard by the Minister.
Annotations
Amendments:
F7
Substituted (24.05.2017) by Forestry Act 2014 (31/2014), s. 35(b), S.I. No. 189 of 2017.
Editorial Notes:
E21
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (11.09.2023) by Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Section 14A) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 423 of 2023).
E22
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (12.07.2021) by Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Section 14A) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 353 of 2021).
E23
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (7.10.2020) by Forestry Appeals Committee Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 418 of 2020).
E24
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.05.2002) by Agriculture Appeals Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 193 of 2002).
E25
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (25.02.2018) by Forestry Appeals Committee Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 68 of 2018); revoked (7.10.2020) by Forestry Appeals Committee Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 418 of 2020), reg. 11.